Two wounded, five arrested after outlaw biker party on Peninsula

BROADMOOR -- Two men were wounded near an outlaw motorcycle club party at a Mexican restaurant Saturday -- one critically -- and five bikers were arrested after officers discovered they were carrying weapons, authorities said.

The gunfire erupted around 7:50 p.m. on the 7400 block of El Camino Real, but police didn't immediately find any victims because both men went to San Francisco General Hospital on their own. Police haven't announced any arrests in connection with the shooting, nor did they say what sparked the violence.

However, South San Francisco police say about an hour after the shooting they arrested five Sacramento-area men tied to or members of the Vagos Motorcycle Club on gun possession charges. At the time of the shooting, the Vagos had been at a party at Estrada's Mexican Restaurant in Broadmoor, which is on the same block where the two men were apparently wounded, police said.

Neither South San Francisco nor Broadmoor police would say if the men arrested were believed to be responsible for the gunfire. Three of the five bikers were out of jail on $100,000 bail by Monday morning, authorities said.

The California Attorney General's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have branded the Vagos a criminal gang involved in drugs, guns and extortion.

San Mateo County authorities first got word of the shooting victims around 8:30 p.m. when San Francisco police told Broadmoor officers two wounded men, 37 and 41 years old, turned up at San Francisco General Hospital. One was shot in the arm, while the other was in critical condition due to a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Broadmoor police Cmdr. Ed Nakiso said.

After people reported hearing gunfire near Estrada's on Saturday night, police from Colma, Daly City and Broadmoor investigated, but found only empty bullet shells and no wounded people.

Then an hour later South San Francisco police pulled over a truck and car that were trailing behind at least 30 Vagos riders around 9 p.m. near Highway 101 and the city's downtown. Police seized five handguns and a shotgun that were found in the two cars, South San Francisco police Sgt. Bruce McPhillips said.

He added that the bikers had left the party at Estrada's when South San Francisco police pulled them over for alleged vehicle code violations. The five men were booked into San Mateo County jail on an assortment of gun possession, gang and drug charges. Prosecutors haven't filed any charges.